2001 in television

See also: 2000 in television, other events of 2001, 2002 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Popular Television Shows 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• February 25 - N'Sync is featured on an episode of The Simpsons entitled "New Kids On The Blecch"
• September 11 - Viewers around the world are horrified as they witness a terrorist attack on the United States, and the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City.
• Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes[?] airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.

Popular Television Shows

• Braceface premieres (2001-present)
• The Fairly Oddparents premieres (2001-present)
• Pop Idol[?] premieres on the BBC

• All My Children (1970-present)
• As Told By Ginger[?] (2000-present)
• Cops (1989-present)
• Dharma & Greg[?] (1997-2002)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
• Friends (1994-2003)
• Farscape (1999-2003)
• Hey Arnold! (1996-present)
• Jeopardy! (1984-present)
• King of the Hill (1997-present)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
• Law & Order (1990-present)
• MTV (1981-present)
• The Real World (1992-present)
• Rocket Power (1999-present)
• Rugrats (1991-2004)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Sex and the City (1998-2004)
• Shocking Behavior: Caught On Tape[?] (1999-present)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)
• The Sopranos (1999-present)
• Spongebob Squarepants (1999-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• VH-1 (1985-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

Births

Deaths

• March 12 Morton Downey, Jr. - television personality
• March 21 - Norma Macmillan, voice
• March 22 - William Hanna[?], cofounder (with Joseph Barbera[?]) of famous Hanna-Barbera animation studio
• April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, actor/songwriter of the Ramones
• June 21 - Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor